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Brilliant Older Books You May Have Missed | More

Susie — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:51:18 +0000

In the midst of our strange new world, reading has been something many of us can take comfort in. For me, the first couple of weeks were really hard and my concentration was awful, but happily that has improved. Writing, on the other hand, I’m still struggling with, so once again I’m going to re-share a past post. This one is perfect for right now since libraries are closed and so many of us are relying on apps like Libby or OverDrive to get books electronically. The ten books here are all older and so much easier to quickly pick up. I hope you find a brilliant older book (7+ years) or two that you may have missed and can now enjoy!

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DEBUTS – My Favorites of 2019 | More

Susie — Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:00:29 +0000

Debuts. I’ve always loved them and 2019 was no exception. To date, I’ve read 37 debuts this year, making up just over one-third of all my reading. Not every debut is a hit for me, but SO many are. I think authors often have that kernel of a story inside of them for a long time and when it finally bursts out? Magic! I guarantee that you’ll see more than one of these nine debuts I’m sharing today on my 2019 Best Books of the Year list next week….

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Pairing Fiction with Nonfiction| #NonficNov

Susie — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:00:59 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I’ve already collected loads of new titles just from the first week of Nonfiction November. Week 2’s topic is my favorite, book pairings, where we tie together a nonfiction book and a fiction counterpart that either have similar themes or would make great reading partners. Nonfiction November is hosted this week by Sarah at Sarah’s Book Shelves, so if you haven’t already, head over there and add your own link or (even better) find links to lots of other great bookish sites. I know I’m excited to share my pairings this year….

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My Week in Books 8/26/19 | More

Susie — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:00:19 +0000

My summer is officially over as I head back to work this week for three long days of meetings and one where I actually get to work in my classroom and get ready for students. I do get Friday off, so have a last hurrah with a four day weekend and then it’s definitely fall in my world. Speaking of fall, my 2019 Fall Preview published last week. If you missed it, I shared 16 books I’m most looking forward to in the next few months. I made the most of my last free week and got A LOT of reading done including three from that preview. In all it was a crazy four book week for me, a feat I don’t think I’ve accomplished since last summer!

Hosted by Kathryn at Book Date

Last Week’s Reads

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Novel Visits 2019 Fall Preview | More

Susie — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 10:00:01 +0000

I know summer is in no way officially over, but I head back to work next week, so it’s beginning to feel a lot like fall around here. With the season of falling leaves, Halloween and Thanksgiving just around the corner my mind can’t help but turn to fall books. Typically fall is a time when publishers release some of their most highly anticipated books and this year is no exception. With luck, the books on this preview will bring me as much success as those on my 2019 Summer Preview. Of the 15 there, eight I loved, including 3 that will easily be in the running for best books of the year, and I only DNF’d 2. Fingers crossed fall releases are just as good. I hope you find a few here to add to your own “to be read” list!…

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Mini-Reviews: A Fall Ladies Edition

Susie — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 10:00:30 +0000

A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl by Jean Thompson
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A Well-Behaved Woman by Therese Anne Fowler

Though the cover of A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl might lead one to think that the book is historical fiction, it is not, leaving it with little in common with A Well-Behaved Woman. And yet, …

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Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller | Review

Susie — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 10:00:05 +0000

Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
Publisher: Tin House Books
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Length: 320 pages
Amazon

{A Bit of Backstory}

Single Sentence Summary

When Frances Jellico meets Cara and Peter at a rundown English estate, she finds friendship for the first time in her life, but that friendship quickly turns into something dark and dangerous.
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Hidden Gems from the Last Five Years | More

Susie — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:00:13 +0000

You know those books that absolutely spoke to you, but that just didn’t seem to get the attention they deserved? We probably can all think of many of these hidden gems. Today I’m sharing ten of my favorites, two from each of the last five years. I hope you’ll find a book of two to add to your own cache of backlist books.

Top Ten Tuesday hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.

From 2014

The Beautiful American by Jeanne Mackin – Everything about this historical fiction spoke to me. It combined the real life of famed model/photographer Lee Miller with that of its main fictional character, Nora Tours. Much of the book took place in one of my very favorite, locales, Paris and it spanned a favorite era, the 1920’s through WWII. Plus, the story itself was excellent!…

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My Week in Books 9/3/18 | More

Susie — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 10:00:12 +0000

Hosted by Kathryn at Book Date

Happy Labor Day to all of you in the U.S., and to everyone else, happy Monday! The calendar doesn’t turn to fall for a couple more weeks, but in books I’m already well into fall reading. After three books from my Fall Preview 2018, I’m feeling good about my choices, having liked all of them to varying degrees. This week I’m straying off the list with a couple books didn’t include on the list, but still want to read. How’s your fall reading going? Have you started in on September books?

Last Week’s Reads

Not Our Kind by Kitty Zeldis examines clashes of class and culture in the 1950’s through the relationships between a young Jewish teacher and the very WASP-y family she works for. …

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My Week in Books 8/27/18 | More

Susie — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 10:00:33 +0000

Hosted by Kathryn at Book Date

I hope everyone is having a fabulous end to your summers. As of today, mine is officially over. This week I’ll be in meeting after meeting after meeting. When I’m not having my brain frozen in those, I’ll be doing the real work: getting ready for this year’s crop of 7th graders. The weather over the last few days has turned cool and gloomy which might make it a little easier to be back at work, but I’d still prefer the sunshine every time. Hopefully, by the long weekend the sun will shine for us all!

Last Week’s Reads

I finally finished listening to Our House by Louise Candlish the middle of last week. …

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